More on the Nokia Lumia 920 Pureview Camera, Lens Stabilization

The Nokia Lumia 920 will have a 8.7megapixel Pureview Camera that is also fitted with floating lens technology. What is floating lens technology?

As Nokia's Kevin Shields mentioned in today's New York event, the key to taking good pictures is light. There are two basic ways to get more light with a camera. First, create a larger opening for light to pass through. The Nokia Lumia 920 will be fitted with a f2.0 aperture lens which allow more light to the camera sensor than the current Lumia Windows Phone models.

The second way to get more light is to leave the shutter open longer. To do this, you run the risk of camera motion blurring the subject. To help reduce this motion blur, the Lumia 920 will have image stabilization through floating lens technology. Essentially the entire optical assembly will be suspended and stabilized by springs. It will keep the lens steady for low light pictures.

Here's a quick example that was given... the first taken with a competitor's smartphone.

and the same shot taken with the Lumia 920 Pureview Camera.

It may not be a 41 megapixel camera but the Lumia 920's camera is very impressive.

bhahahaahha… no microSD ? what? Again? What a joke!
Lame camera with no hump and xenon flash. I dont want stupid ass features like NFC or wireless charging when you have to remove microSD card support… are so stupid Nokia?

You do realize that the MIcroSD feature will not "bridge" the two storage devices together, right? So, while you would have 64GB of storage, you won't be able to store 64GB of music. 32GB is MORE than enough for the vast majority of customers. But, if the ATIV is what you want because of the MicroSD slot, then more power to ya.

It wont "bridge" space together but, couldn't I store my music A to F on the internal and F-Z on my MicroSD ? Does it really make a difference then ?

16gb sounded like a lot when the first models came out but, after about 3-6 months, I learned that was not true...and I found that I could use 64gb or even 128gb but, with out the "WP8 standard" of SDcards,. it's a problem.

The Lumia 920 looks great no question but, No SDcard and NO removable battery might be a deal breaker for me too.

Two well designed devices. To me this feels like 710 -> 820 and 800 ->920 so we are yet to see the sucessor to the 900 which I expect will come next year when the quadcore models arrive. Also I'd expect to see a larger sensor and screen then.. But the 920 will do just fine for me right now.. and I want it yellow please..
Too bad it seems it's going to be another 6-8 weeks of waiting.

Oh no. I can't believe it doesn't have no microSd... the more you understand just how lacking the "new" phone and window 8 OS is the more you understand why the stock is crashing over 10% today. Very bad showing and looks like I will be buying another phone.

It all sounds good, but what good is image stabilization when it comes to fast moving objects and objects that just don't stay still like children (which is what parents would use them for). Low light situations I get, but fast moving, I think the 808 PureView tech still is better. Its good Nokia, but not great.

People will always find something to complain about. I'm bummed about no microSD, but honestly, I haven't had it since my Samsung Omnia WinMo phone, and I haven't missed it yet. I guess it is needed by some people though.

I really could give a crap about a removeable microSD card. I had a Droid X for almost 2 years that had a 16GB card and never in that time had I wanted to take it out or upgrade it. 920 won't need the removeable card, that is what skydrive is for or simply download your media to a PC and start over again.

For anyone complaining about the lack of xenon flash, Nokia claims to use "next generation LED" technology - something about using a "pulse flash burst" that "provides a similar capability to xenon flash".